Posts with the category “english”

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Joy Lost and Found: Reflections on a Pastors 7-day Healthy Life Retreat
September 27th, 2025
Whenever a truly profound event happens in life it can be hard to find words that capture what really took place.This past week, 11 brothers in Christ gathered in Montana — living together under one r...  Read More
by Brent Hoover
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From the Great Omission to the Great Commission
September 24th, 2025
Dear Brothers, No matter how long you've been walking with the Lord, and no matter how equipped you feel, if the video and blog below stir something deep in your heart, let the Holy Spirit move you t...  Read More
by Ed Wu
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The Highest Importance -- the most basic steps
September 10th, 2025
These are crazy days. Let’s refocus our hearts, minds, bodies, and relationships on what truly matters....  Read More
by Brent Hoover
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The Power of a Friend -- A Poem
July 18th, 2025
The Power of a Friend- by Brent Hoover 胡牧On these long and dusty roadsWhere my heart is so exposedA brother walks and talks with meAs we press on to be set freeTo be known is to be lovedBy men on eart...  Read More
by Brent Hoover
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GOD IS LOVE
May 4th, 2025
The three words that change the universe and change our lives… God is love.ὁ Θεὸς ἀγάπη ἐστίν(ho Theos agapē estin)Although the Bible gives us many descriptive statements about God’s character— such a...  Read More
by Brent Hoover
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I Felt the Warmth on This Morn
April 18th, 2025
I Felt the Warmth on This MornBrent Hoover, Easter 2025I felt the warmth on this morn.The cool, crisp, frozen mornings wake you up and shout hello!—they make you feel fully alive with the call of day....  Read More
by Brent Hoover
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Gary's Simpler Marriage Letter #141 - gee, love changes
April 8th, 2025
Married love got complicated while we weren't looking. Let's make it simpler again so we can love and be loved for the long term.---------50 years of marriage - so far so good! Actually it’s fantastic...  Read More
by Gary Morland
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The Greatest Things Men Can Do
February 22nd, 2025
Dear Brothers,What is the simplest and greatest thing we can do, as men, who know and serve Jesus?It is to express our love and adoration to Him. I’m not talking about singing with our lips a song in ...  Read More
by Brent Hoover
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Walking Among the Graveyards of Men
January 29th, 2025
Men need to be “awakened.” This *awakening of desire* is a work of the Holy Spirit — often through the testimony and sacrificial action of other men that’s so challenges the one who has been asleep th...  Read More
by Brent Hoover
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Even in our darkness
May 9th, 2024
I just finished reading the memoirs of Bible teacher and author, Jack Deere.“Even in Our Darkness: A Story of Beauty in a Broken Life.”Wow — that’s exactly what it was — and the “broken life” part was...  Read More
by Brent Hoover
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The embrace of a coach
March 26th, 2023
In the last post "E is for embrace" , I talked about how we want to create a distinct culture at Trailhead Fellowship. In this post, I want to give you an example, how the embrace of a coach helps a 5...  Read More
by Brent Hoover
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E is for embrace
March 25th, 2023
Dear Brothers,Our goal as a fellowship of Christian men is to “Bring each man into the marvelous love of God.”We have described what our end goal looks like with the acrostic M.A.R.V.E.L. (see below f...  Read More
by Brent Hoover
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Do you have relationship first aid?
March 3rd, 2023
In recent days, both Coach Hoover and I have heard of stories of relationship crisis.You might have heard of similar stories. In fact, you might be experiencing that in your own life. When that happen...  Read More
by Ed Wu
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From True Chen To True Team
February 4th, 2023
How a young man found a true life and formed a true team of brothers in his life pursuit.I want to share a short story about a young man who is making a real difference in his world. In February of 20...  Read More
by Brent Hoover
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How a Real Man faces Life’s Battles, Setbacks and Sufferings
January 10th, 2023
We don’t know what we will face this year nor what life will bring us five years from now.Last night I went to a friend’s house to watch a football game on television. The host was a former Los Angele...  Read More
by Brent Hoover
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Healthy Christian Men Think and Live Holistically
January 5th, 2023
Many different boxes? or One big cooking pot?To be healthy Christian men we need to think and live holistically. This means every area of our thinking and living flows out of the center of our life an...  Read More
by Brent Hoover
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Align With God’s Design — Four Areas of Holistic Health
January 3rd, 2023
From the series, “Christian Leader Care — Learning to Love Your Body ‘n Soul!”Synopsis: When we align with God’s design for our well-being we experience more optimal health and joy. This is a foundati...  Read More
by Brent Hoover
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Look forward to 2023
December 22nd, 2022
Dear brothers,We are very grateful for what God did through us in 2022. We experienced God's grace, tasted the love of brothers and witnessed life transformation on mountains and in homes. To just giv...  Read More
by Ed Wu
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A Man’s Pursuit of Eve
October 28th, 2022
My Dear Christian Brothers,   I feel like each week we are going deeper into the heart of a man. It is like we are climbing further into the mountains and valleys of a man’s heart. And this week is a ...  Read More
by Brent Hoover
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Man, Where Are You?
May 25th, 2022
— an urgent challenge to build the men in your life — Another school shooting and many children’s lives lost. Countless other lives were tragically changed forever. I just want to reflect on one reali...  Read More
by Brent Hoover
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Super Saturday
February 13th, 2022
Millions of people across America are super excited about Superbowl today. For most immigrants like us, we were like, what's the hype about? And churches even cancel events to give priority to the Sup...  Read More
by Ed Wu
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How to prepare for LeaderTrek
January 21st, 2022
LeaderTrek is a ministry of building men as leaders that centers on 3 things: Jesus Christ, a man’s life, & the challenges & beauty of God’s wilderness creation.Brent HooverEach of us is a man created...  Read More
by Ed Wu
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My Rock
October 21st, 2021
This is a guest post by brother Bin.This is the rock I picked up in the mountain by the lake shore. It looks similar to the rock I left at Aeneas peak but is different. The one from Aeneas peak has sh...  Read More
by Bin (Mountain Joy)
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A Rock
October 2nd, 2021
This is a guest post by Peter, whose trail name is the Bear. While having a time of solitude on the shore of Black lake, I was on praying meditation with God.  There are 2 views coming to mind while e...  Read More
by Peter (the Bear)
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THREE THINGS
September 24th, 2019
God brought three other men on the trek with me in LeaderTrek 2019. All of us have deep connections to China in one way or another. Our love of China, Christ, culture, adventure, and food created an i...  Read More
by Ed Wu
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Mid Life
August 31st, 2009
If I live to be 90, then I am officially at the mid-point. But that is not what mid-life is all about. It is about several realizations:that most of the big decisions in life have been made...; that n...  Read More
by Brent Hoover